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Woman's dress
Designed by: Bob Mackie (American, born in 1940)
American
1980s
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Lace; rhinestones; metal; plastic; silk plain weave (crepe); linen plain weave; glass
Dimensions
Center Back Length: (128 cm) (50.4in)
Credit Line
Gift of Yolanda of Yolanda Enterprises Inc.
Accession Number2009.4191
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWoman's strapless dress of black lace, overlaid with a black floating half-bodice, secured with four rhinestone encrusted "buttons" at center front. Black lace consists of a floral pattern with a layer of nude fabric below it, that shows through the lace. The overlay fabric is made of a stiff black linen plain weave. The half floating bodice (overlay) begins at the right side of the bodice front and extends to the full length of the dress in a curving, sloped design at the slit and throughout the hem. The back of the dress is almost entirely covered by the black linen overlay. Fully lined in nude silk plain weave crepe. INTERIOR LABEL: "YOLANDA:DESIGNER"S COLLECTION"
ProvenanceBy 2009, in collection of Yolanda Cellucci of Waltham, MA; gift of Cellucci to the MFA (Accession date: September 16, 2009)